Several students did not turn in their fire safety homework today. Our next lesson will be tomorrow. Please make sure all fire safety worksheets are turned in Tuesday. The books are due on Thursday.
This week's project is to create a ticket to ride the Polar Express. All tickets are due on Friday morning. The directions were sent home today. Please encourage your child to use his/her creativity when making the ticket.
Mark your calendars:
Field Day Rain Day Change:
May 13 is now 3-5
May 14 is now K-2
Garrison Mill is trying to line the halls with non-perishable food for the Must Ministries food bank. Any and all donations are greatly appreciated. I told the class that if we could fill the space between Mrs. Sanders's room and our room that I would give everyone a free night of homework. Thank you in advance.
We read The Polar Expresstoday. Everyone completed an activity telling about their favorite parts. Tomorrow we will do an Exemplars related to this story as well as a characterization activity and writing prompt. We are still in need of Styrofoam cups for Friday's celebration. Please let us know if you are able to send in 2 dozen. Thank you in advance.
Thank you to Mrs. Daniels, Mrs. Druckenmiller, Mrs. Dunn, & Mrs. Harper for making our delicious banana splits today! Thank you to everyone who donated the wonderful supplies needed to make these special treats. In January we will continue with banana split tests on Friday. If your child did not complete the addition tests those will need to be completed before moving on to subtraction. For those students who have almost completed the subtraction tests, multiplication will be next. For every multiplication test passed your child will earn a scoop of sprinkles.
Don't forget all A.R. points are due this Friday by the end of the day. Our reading celebration will take place on Tuesday, January 6, 2009 for anyone earning all 6 points. The TOP 5 readers will also earn an additional prize.
Don't forget to bring in up to 5 books to swap for new ones on Friday. This is an optional activity that will give your child new reading material for over the break. Happy hunting!
Social Studies: Today we started learning about Mary Musgrove. Her Creek name was Coosaponakeesa. She was instrumental in the English and Creek getting along and communicating. We practiced saying her name throughout the afternoon. I told the class I would put her name on th blog without the pronunciation key to see if you, the parents could figure it out. :) The class thought this was a wonderful idea! Good luck!!
Math: We gave summative assessments on time and place value to the hundreds place today. Please continue to work on these skills with your child. The next chapter will be on solid figures.
Spelling: There are no new Sitton words this week. Take this opportunity to review missed words from previous weeks. The next new unit will be when we return from winter break.
Letter Home Journal: We will be writing Jan Brett this Thursday instead of parents. Letter Home Journal will return on January 8, 2009.
Mrs. Coffelt's last day will be this Friday.